Issue 6, 2011

Heavy water hydration of mannose: the anomeric effect in solvation, laid bare

Abstract

The presence and consequences of the anomeric effect have been explored and directly exposed, through an investigation of the vibrational spectroscopy of the doubly and triply hydrated α and β anomers of phenylD-mannopyranoside, (PhMan) isolated under molecular beam conditions in the gas phase. The experiments have been aided by the simple trick of substituting D2O for H2O, which has the advantage of isotopically isolating the carbohydrate (OH) bands from the water (OD) bands. Recording the double resonance, IR-UV ion dip spectra of the hydrated complexes, α- and β-PhMan·(D2O)2,3 in a series of ‘proof of principle’ experiments, revealed that these heavy water molecules engage the key endocyclic oxygen atom, O5, allowing the anomeric effect to be probed through a combination of vibrational spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. Importantly, in the dihydrates, both anomers adopt the same conformation and the two water molecules occupy the same template. One of them acts as a remarkably sensitive reporter, able to sense and expose subtle stereoelectronic changes through the resulting changes in its hydrogen-bonded interaction with the substrate.

Graphical abstract: Heavy water hydration of mannose: the anomeric effect in solvation, laid bare

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
02 jan 2011
Accepted
23 feb 2011
First published
18 mar 2011

Chem. Sci., 2011,2, 1128-1134

Heavy water hydration of mannose: the anomeric effect in solvation, laid bare

N. Mayorkas, S. Rudić, B. G. Davis and J. P. Simons, Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1128 DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00002K

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